Starmer promises nationalization of trains and new housing

Some 40 different reforms were promised when King Charles read the government proclamation for Britain's new Labor government.

– We will open up to growth and accelerate Britain's pace, said new Prime Minister Keir Starmer in his opening speech before the King took power.

In the traditional speech, the British monarch reads out the laws that the government intends to propose over the next twelve months.

It is the first time since 2010 that the letter has been written by the Social Democratic Labor Party, which seized power from the conservative Conservative Party after a landslide victory in the Fourth of July election.

Starmer's government promises, among other things, a new fiscal policy framework, measures to attract foreign investment and promote renewable energy. It also proposes strengthening workers' rights, creating new housing, and nationalizing the country's poorly managed railway system.

The Prime Minister also promised to strengthen border patrols and take tough action against smugglers behind migrant flows across the English Channel.

He describes his new government's program as an antidote to “populism.”

– Populism's promises of miracle medicine may sound tempting, but they only lead us to a dead end where more division and more discontent await, Starmer said.

His deputy, Rishi Sunak, struck a polite tone when he suggested that Labor had tested “the people’s will for change” – but it was now up to the new government to prove it.